ark-commenteditor <= 2.15.6 - iframe Injection

Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames
CVE CVE-2021-4227
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published September 23, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rasi Afeef
Description

The ark-commenteditor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to iFrame Injection in versions up to, and including 2.15.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject iFrame elements in comments that will load pages from any source.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ark-wysiwyg-comment-editor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.15.6
Patched Version
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